"Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six." ― Leo Tolstoy Topic(s): Great More From Leo Tolstoy "True life is lived when tiny changes occur." "The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded." "Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible." More In Great "Laws are silent in time of war."― Marcus Tullius Cicero "All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership."― John Kenneth Galbraith "If you don’t know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia."― Robert Frost